Marijuana dispensary robbery in Pleasure Point leads to chase

PLEASURE POINT -- An armed robbery at a marijuana dispensary on Portola Drive on Tuesday night led to a high-speed chase to Monterey County.

None of the three men who robbed the shop were apprehended, said Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputy April Skalland.

Three men arrived at Green Acres medical marijuana dispensary at 3912 Portola Drive about 8 p.m. One of the men had a gun, and all three wore baggy clothes and had their faces covered.

They demanded cash and marijuana, took the items and fled. Deputies said there were about two customers and at least one employee in the shop. No one was injured.

Seconds later, an employee saw a deputy drive by the shop and described the robbery. The suspects initially left in a Honda, then fled to another Honda in a doughnut shop parking lot about a block from the dispensary at 3791 Portola Drive.